A friend of mine makes scrubbies. She uses the netting from the fabric store cut in strips. I cut some and used my rotary cutter with my long ruler. It was really fast.
I saw somewhere (not really sure where) that to make a scrubbie dishcloth, use a strand of cotton and a stip of netting. I haven't tried it, but it sounded like it would work.

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A friend of mine makes scrubbies. She uses the netting from the fabric store cut in strips. I cut some and used my rotary cutter with my long ruler. It was really fast.
I saw somewhere (not really sure where) that to make a scrubbie dishcloth, use a strand of cotton and a stip of netting. I haven't tried it, but it sounded like it would work.

Thanks for the great thread, and last-minute gift ideas, ArtLady! I've been wanting something to give my cotton dishcloths a bit more scrubbing power. This sounds perfect. I just ordered some of those 3" spools.

FYI - for anyone who is planning on ordering, she is closed from mid-December through the end of January, so if you don't get your order in soon, it won't ship until February!!!!

I stopped in a Michaels Crafts this afternoon. Naturally I went to the yarn / needles craft section. As I walked around I passed the Plastic Canvas Yarn section.There was Needloft Yarn that seems like it will work for scrubbies.

I received my order of 3" netting spools yesterday and knitted up a little scrubbie with one strand of dishcloth cotton and a 1" strip of the netting, using my electric carving knife to cut the spool into thirds.

As a test, I knitted a mini version of Grandma's favorite dishcloth pattern. It looks great and works even better. The cotton helps hold the dish soap and the netting adds pretty terrific scrubbing power.

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Originally Posted by sakura-panda

This is the such a cool thing! I really want to try this!

Hi!

I received the spools of nylon net I ordered from this site and since I believe in giving credit where it's due, I had to let you all know how impressed I was with this company.

In the package I got a lovely thank you card from Linda and even a hand-written thank you and smiley face on the invoice. Also in the package was a neatly wrapped little gift with a thank you sticker that contained a completed scrubbie made in crochet with the nylon net. It's adorable and along with it came a very well-written pattern! There were also business cards from various sites that folks might find of interest.

This lady really knows her stuff when dealing with customers! Everything showed a great deal of respect and affection for those of us who just love making things! I would certainly recommend her as a great source if you need any of her products.

Just thought I'd pass this along!

Ruthie

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